Originally Posted by tonyafd

Two public unions in New York State have settled for 0 percent raises for the next three years and have also settled for higher health care premiums. Seventy six thousand of them have settled for nine furlough days without pay. They are already paid less than it takes to live in NYC and buy a home there.

My guess would be that the state had them convinced jobs would be eliminated otherwise.

Maybe this was one of the groups that was cut so that the State could placate the powerful teacher's unions who wouldn't budge an inch and would have created a public policy nightmare in the event of a teacher's strike. The teacher's were threatened with layoffs but stood firm and the state blinked.

Great win for the selfish teacher's union, but the money has to come from somewhere.

Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

Those with MEDICAID cards (not Medicare) usually are harder to please, and usually these folks have complaints that are not based on reality, and when they do have a complaint, it is rare that a resolution can be found to satisfy them, even when that resolution is above and beyond what has been offered to the patients with private insurance. Not all Medicaid folks are difficult to please...no biggy, just throwing it out there.

I would imagine that you've experienced that interesting phenomenon that cops talk about. Those who scream "I know my rights!" the loudest are often the people really, REALLY *don't*.

Originally Posted by djplong

I would imagine that you've experienced that interesting phenomenon that cops talk about. Those who scream "I know my rights!" the loudest are often the people really, REALLY *don't*.

You seem to be on to something there

Originally Posted by KatzPajamas

You seem to be on to something there

It comes from personal experience. Going through a divorce a couple of years ago, my now-ex-wife insisted that things existed that didn't - all the while screaming that she knew the law. To make a long story short, she toned that down a little when I said to her "I get my advice from my lawyer, a tax attorney, and the Hudson NH police department - not Judge Judy!"

...that and the fact that people seem to like to scream "I have 1st Ammendment Rights" on privately owned web forums.. I wonder if they've ever actually READ the Constitution.....